]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=448704487The Saturn Drives again!http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4399
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4399#respondSun, 13 Dec 2015 19:48:40 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4399New exhaust pipes, Zinc coated my cat and welded a new flange onto it :) Who needs a new 450$ catalytic converter when you can restore the one you have already!

Should be good for another 10 years of NY harsh winters.

Tricky 3 part weld using the old down pipe flange and a pipe adapter inside to add strength.

Tacked it in place first with the bolts in to get the alignment perfect then finished the weld on the work bench.

]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=439904399Thermoelectric peltier water/ air coolerhttp://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4356
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4356#respondWed, 02 Sep 2015 23:48:56 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4356This is something I have been working on for some time now. Originally this was built to cool a rack of servers in my computer lab in a effort to make them more quiet. Now it sits in my bedroom as a test :)

Cooled off my bedroom amazingly fast, maybe this will work well with my laser cutter :)

]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=433314333This is why you DONT DRINK AND DRIVE!http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4308
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4308#commentsSat, 25 Jul 2015 03:07:26 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4308Few houses down the street from me…

No clue on the speed, tire squeal for at least a second didn’t even turn…

That rock was taken from the side of the street into the yard 20+ ft

Found the cigarette lighter a good 30-40 ft from the car..

Next day photos

]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=430814308Broken gear on your paper shredder? Don’t throw it out! Print a new one!http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4229
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4229#respondSun, 29 Mar 2015 18:05:37 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4229I had this industrial paper shredder forever, it always had one broken tooth on the main drive gear that made a cringe-able thump every rotation. (Hence why I acquired it for free :) )

Info of the shredder: The worn sticker says”world ssc5″ after some research I found it to also be known as the “CCS 5000 Achiever”

After many years of use and abuse I finally gave up when the thump became louder and it was very apparent that the gears were slipping now.

Another tooth was broken! Is this the end of my shredder?

Not with my 3d printer!

The gear was very worn so I took extra measurements as I coded the gear in OpenSCAD.

After a few minutes I had my model rendered out and nearly identical, except for a thicker wall for added strength.

This was my first attempt at printing ABS for something use able.

There was a little wobble in the print, not sure why yet, but it was all within tolerance.

Might be due to cooling too fast or using 100% infill :D

Test time!

Quiet and smooth! Success!

]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=422904229TMS5110AN2L decapsulation Success!http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4200
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4200#respondTue, 17 Mar 2015 23:31:32 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4200Took me 1/2 a day of work but the chip die is good enough to decode :)

Taken with my other microscope

Some pasting together later we have full chirp table rom readable

From talking with other people in IRC chats it looks like the tms5110an2l is a back port of the chirp tables from the tms5200 series. More fun to come now :)

]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=416504165Want to support moogle?http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4150
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4150#respondWed, 11 Mar 2015 00:30:24 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4150You can now support me on Patreon!

Check it out!

]]>http://wtfmoogle.com/?feed=rss2&p=415004150cdv-700 victoreen 6b rebuild Part 1 (Tin whisker discovery)http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4132
http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4132#respondMon, 09 Mar 2015 00:25:07 +0000http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=4132This all started a few weeks ago when my radon fan stopped working due to a ice jam.

It was at this time I found out all 4 of my geiger counters were non functional.

First to get fixed my trusty CDV-700

After a few tests I discovered the high voltage supply to the probe was way off.

Tons of parts out of spec.

Time for a rebuild kit!

part way though the upgrade.

After cleaning and checking everything over multiple times I went to test… voltages are off.. by a bit…

On closer inspection….

That transformer looks fuzzy….??

That isn’t fuzz!?!

Tin Whiskers!

Tons of them!

Even on the High voltage potentiometer 1/2 way across

So tiny it is hard to get a good focus on them.

No this is not a hair! That is a tin whisker going from the ground almost to the center of the high voltage adjustment potentiometer.